diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
index b0d5efe45fa..7268e970e7d 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
@@ -1109,5 +1109,5 @@ Changes in the C API
 
 * As part of :pep:`492` implementation, ``tp_reserved`` slot of
   :c:type:`PyTypeObject` was replaced with a
-  :c:member:`PyTypeObject.tp_as_async` slot.  Refer to :ref:`coro-objects` for
+  :c:member:`tp_as_async` slot.  Refer to :ref:`coro-objects` for
   new types, structures and functions.